Coat and hat hook



IlNiTED STATES JOHN BANNER, or CANTON; OHIO.

COAT AND HAT-HOOK.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 52,974, dated March 6,1866.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN BANNER', of Canton, in the county of Stark andState of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coator Hat Racks; andI do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,andA exact description of the same,'ret'erence being had to theaccompanying drawings, making a part. of this specification, in which-Figure l represents a front view ot' a section of a coat or hat rackmade after my invention. Fig. 2 represents an end view ofthe same.

Similar letters of reference, where they occur in the separate figures,denote like parts in all the drawings.

I am aware that hooks or brackets have been so made as that they mightbe moved along on the stick or rod that supports them to space or adjustthem thereon. I am also aware that other hooks or brackets have been sohung as that they might be swung up out of the way when not required inuse; but I am not aware that any hooks or brackets have been so hung andmade as that they may be iooth moved or adjusted lengthwise on theirstick or support and swung up out of use and out ot' the way or turneddown into use at pleasure.

My invention therefore consists in so making and hanging coat or hatbrackets or hooks upon their stick, rod, or support as that they maybemoved lengthwise thereon to adjust or space them, as well as be swung upout ot' the .way when not required in use.

Io enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I willproceed to describe the same with reference to the drawings.

A represents metallic plates or escuteheons of any suitable shape, size,form, or configuration, furnished with holes or slot-s a, by which 'theymay be hung and held firmly to the wall and be removable at any time,it' so desired. In the centers of these plates are cam-shaped openingsb, through which the buttons c on the end hooks, B, are passed, and thenby turning said hooks a quarter-revolution, more or less, they becomefastened to the plates, and by reversing the operation may as readily bedetached again.

Through the end hooks, B, or suitable holes therein, is passed the stickor rod C,- upon which the hooks or brackets D are hung. A portion of thestick or rod C is cut away in a concavo-con vex form, as shown at d, andso as to leave a shoulder at e. The openings in the end hooks, B, aremade to correspond with the form of the stick or rod, so that when thestick or rod is slipped through them it will be rmly held from turningtherein, as it completely tills the Openings in said end hooks.

The brackets or hooks D have a circular opening in them, with ashoulder, f, projecting into the said opening. When these brackets arein use their projections j'come against the shoulder e ot' the stick Cand canl go no farther. In this position the brackets can be used forany of the ordinary purposes of such hooks. When any one (two, or more)of them is not required to be used, it can be swung up and back againstthe wall and out otA the way, the cut-away portion of the stick from cto g allowing the projectionfto freely pass over that portion.

The whole rack may be put up or taken down A JOHN DANN ER.

Witnesses:

W. W. CLARK, JAMEs J. CLARK.

